San Quentin Prison interior

10 of the greatest composers who broke the law

Beethoven composer letters

Letters of the great composers: 14 moving, funny and inspiring quotations from the documents they left behind

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Anna-Maria Mozart mother

Famous composers' mothers

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Great composer muses

Meet the muses of the great composers

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classical music on stamps

The most beautiful classical music postage stamps

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Fidelio in space Opera de Lyon

Beethoven's Fidelio on a spaceship at Opéra de Lyon

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Slate article tells classical fans to ‘stop calling Beethoven by his last name’

‘Fullnaming’ Mozart and Beethoven to fight sexism and racism? Twitter squabbles over Slate article
This absolutely epic Beethoven ‘Ode to Joy’ flashm

This absolutely epic Beethoven ‘Ode to Joy’ flashmob is still the greatest
Chopin Beethoven 5

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony reworked in the style of Chopin is absolutely exquisite

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Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor ('Choral')

The remarkable story of Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony No. 9 and the ‘Ode to Joy’
A step-by-step guide to Beethoven’s nine symphonie

A step-by-step guide to Beethoven’s nine symphonies

Alice Sara Ott Beethoven

Current obsession: this descending scale in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1

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Beethoven Album Reviews

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new releases 30th july

New releases: Irnberger and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra play Beethoven and Rachmaninov with Martin Jones
new releases 1st may

New releases: Beethoven with the Royal Northern Sinfonia & Lars Vogt and 'Strauss in St Petersburg'
new releases 10th april

New releases: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Brahms and Beethoven with the London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Ludwig van Beethoven

So if Beethoven was completely deaf, how did he compose?

John Lennon inspired by Beethoven

This John Lennon song is based on Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata
Beethoven in Havana

Someone has turned this Beethoven symphony into an extraordinary Cuban rumba